How lovely! And meaningful to you & your family with the heirlooms. I would never have thought to use silver trays like that, yet they fit in perfectly. But you have peaked my curiosity. Are those simply red ball ornaments in the tall glass holders, or something else? The holders themselves are really different & elegant.

Oh Gail, now I have to confess those red Christmas balls are just plain ol' CHEAP ornaments from the Dollar Store -- like 12 in a sleeve for a dollar. The glass holders are a hurricane lantern sort-of-thing, I guess -- not sure what to call them. They were sold by Southern Living At Home, now Willow House (no longer in the catalog though).

Nothing wrong with ornaments from the Dollar Store! I shop there all the time, by gosh. In Sonora it's called The Dollar Tree. I always look there for things even before I go to Wal Mart! :))) Those hurricane lanterns, though, are really pretty. Even if they're not in the Willow House catalog any longer, I wonder what else is? I'll have to take a look-see! Thanks.

What a unique display, Wendy! You are fortunate to not only have such heirlooms, but to be able to share them through a display for the holidays. Those pieces no doubt hold some family stories in their history.

Yeah, I wish I knew what the stories were. I vaguely remember seeing the red vases at Violetta's but only on display. I think Grandma may have arranged jello squares on that platter one time, but I really don't recall seeing it in use.

I hope you realize that all those cheapo decorations become heirlooms too if enough time goes by! Future generations will cherish Great-Aunt Wendy's favorite red glass Christmas balls to festoon their virtual holiday holograms. "Imagine how precious they are," they will say, "all the way from China!"

You crack me up! I'm just hoping the red vases and silver platters make it past the next generation. I can see my girls now: "You take the silver." "No, you take it." "No, you." But they'll probably gladly take the red balls as something they could actually use.

Love your mantle and ancestral additions, it is the memory of holidays that makes it special. I relish gettiing out a few things each year, not much because it's trouble to take down and then we head south right after holidays, so it might all be out until March if I did too much. BTW there is a multitude of different Dollar stores around the country, Dollar Tree, Dollar Store, Family Dollar, etc...I know we shop there while traveling...Merry Christmas

We didn't put any Christmas decorations up this year as we were going away, so it didn't really feel like Christmas until a day or so ago. Thanks for sharing yours.Merry Christmas to you and your family

A lovely display, in my expert opinion, since I used to do this for a living. Love your use of heirloom pieces but I hope I won't upset you if I say that my attention was immediately drawn toward those hurricane lanterns. They bring height and graceful shapes to the ensemble and I love that they have a different finish. Some might be tempted to find lanterns with a matching finish as those trays. I would just add a few twigs in that wreath to echo those pine cones. Truly, a lovely display. Why decorate everything everywhere when you can do a strong statement like this. Hoping your holidays are going well and that you'll enjoy a fabulous year in 2014. To you and your loved ones, my best wishes!! Keep well!! :)~ HUGZ

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